Sprint Nextel Federal Usage Re: [FedCom] Re: 418.750 and Sprint/Nextel

[Ken]

What's would be interesting is to find out IF they are using "DIRECT TALK" 
(off network communications) 
http://nextelonline.nextel.com/en/services/walkietalkie/offnetwork.shtml  in 
addition to the "walkie talkie" function.  Wondering if they utilize the 
"group walkie talkie" function at all.

BTW one of the cable channels showed US Marshal's Service Fugitive 
Apprehension Team using nextel walkie talkie/cellular service for doing the 
exact same thing you mention below BUT reverting to to agency 
portables/mobiles during the actual operational apprehension "take down" 
phase.

Ken

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Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 1:23 PM
Subject: [FedCom] Re: 418.750 and Sprint/Nextel


> Another change I noticed during this surveillance in MO is that they are 
> not
> running the license checks on repeater "F2" "St. Louis Base" (418.900 Out 
> /
> 416.325 In) as they have done in the past.  One of the agents is using a
> Sprint/Nextel push-to-talk phone to get the license info for the group.  I 
> heard the
> Nextel "audio beeps" in the background as he was reading off who the 
> license's
> checked too.